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    "id": 994090,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/994090/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the only way to stimulate--- the stimulus to the economy must be through small and medium sized enterprises and the informal sector. About 88 per cent of the young people in this country are employed in the informal sector. They are in the manufacturing and retail sectors. We told Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) to stop getting imports, but embrace local products. Kenyans can do masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). In fact, even after the CS after testing samples from China and also from Kenya, with the labels removed, he could not tell the difference. He said the Kenyan one is better. Therefore, we must stimulate our own business. We must buy Kenya at this point. Secondly, that the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in liaison with the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) and the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) reach out to employers and employees to ensure that where revenue losses have been realized, employers and employees may jointly review terms of employment contract in writing to suit the prevailing circumstances of businesses. We admit that you cannot force someone to keep people employed when they are not getting anything. It is not possible. However, once there is that level of agreement and understanding, then they can be cushioned through that wage subsidy, wage relief fund, concessional grants or concessional loan---. Even law firms are laying off people. Where parties choose to review the employment contract and employees are unionized, the trade union shall be informed and involved in the review to find an amicable solution. However, where employees are not unionized, the employer shall directly inform the employee of the need to review the contract and shall discuss the terms to be reviewed and the extent of review. The third recommendation is that the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection should engage institutions in the remaining 33 counties that are not rolling out the street families’ rehabilitation fund so that they benefit from it. I am sure what happened in Nakuru will not happen again. It should not. The greatness of people of a country is not the size of the economy, but it is what you do for the most vulnerable children. We went with Sen. Kihika and we saw young boys who had been dumped; children the age of my sons. It is terrible. The other 33 counties must rollout and benefit from this street families’ rehabilitation fund. We recommend that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) upscale the judicial services in liaison with the Ministry of ICT who have expressed a willingness to use the ICT. The Ministry of ICT has expressed willingness to use ICT, especially in e-filing and virtual courts and then report the status of implementation to the Senate on or before 29th May, 2020."
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